Project Title and Description
Nutrient Removal Strategies for an Existing Large-Scale Conventional Wastewater Treatment in Philadelphia
Currently, the Philadelphia Water Department is not required to remove nutrients (i.e., nitrogen and phosphorus) in their three water pollution control plants. With growing concerns over low dissolved oxygen and toxicity in the Delaware River and the Delaware Bay due to nutrients in wastewater treatment plant effluents, PWD is considering evaluating various nutrient management strategies, including upgrading their plants to perform nutrient removal and recovery, specifically of dissolved nitrogen species in their wastewater. This proposal will focus on determining the “best” nutrient removal/recovery technologies and management strategies to implement at one of PWD's water pollution control plants to achieve nutrient management goals.
Faculty Advisor
Dr. Christopher Sales
Please contact the faculty advisor at cms566@drexel.edu.
Team Make-up by Discipline
2-3 Environmental Engineering students, 1-2 Civil Engineering (consideration of structural systems in implementation of designs). Not approved for Architectural Engineering students.